dhcpcd now in dfly - disabled by default, tests needed

[Aaron LI]

On Thu, 13 Dec 2018 08:29:19 +0100
Daniel Bilik <ddb at neosystem.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 23:41:01 +0800
> Aaron LI <aly at aaronly.me> wrote:
> 
> > Sorry for the delay.
> > I've tested dhcpcd+wpa_supplicant on my X200, and found that dhcpcd
> > indeed broke the wpa_supplicant's ongoing SSID scan and thus prevented
> > SSID association.
> > ...
> > It would be great if you could help test these patches.  To test, pull
> > my branch, then buildworld, installworld, and upgrade.  Thanks very
> > much.  
> 
> Sure, no problem... I've just updated my system using your rcnet branch,
> and so far it behaves well, ie. connectivity is configured and working on
> system start. I've tested dhcpcd with no customization and also with
> dhcpcd_flags="-b". In both cases network interfaces have been configured
> properly.

Thanks very much for the testing.

> Just with no flags, it took notably longer, as dhcpcd was
> probing both em0 (disconnected) and wlan0, and was waiting to get a lease.
> With dhcpcd put in a background (-b), the system start is smooth, just
> like with dhclient.

Yeah, I'd like to make option '-b' the default for dhcpcd(8).  dhclient(8) 
doesn't have a similar option to go background immediately.

> I'll continue to test (read: I'm gonna use the system in next few days,
> including turning it on and off several times :)) and let you know if I hit
> something unexpected.

Cool. Thanks.


Cheers,
-- 
Aaron